What I really hate about riding in the rain..

[Pwalo]

is having to clean my bike afterwards.

I really don't mind riding if it's wet. If your tyres are good, and you've got decent gear on it's not a problem.

But I REALLY hate having a dirty bike, and it's driving me to distraction drying and cleaning it every day. I usually love to have some quality polishing and fettling time with the SV, but if it's just become a chore.

Oh for some global warming.

[marioc]

Im hearing you on that one!!!
Dirty bikes a no no!

[fireball]

cotton wool may possibly be your solution

[avgas]

cotton wool may possibly be your solution

I hear that wraps things up well. so that they don't get timid.

[DarkLord]

Yeah I know what you mean.

Especially if you live in Auckland, because lately up here it's been raining every bloody day. Bike is nearly always dirty.

Bring on the spring already.

[James Deuce]

Mine looks bloody terrible and the little park light in the headlight cluster has blown as well and I haven't gotten around to fixing it. Sigh.

[NOMIS]

is having to clean my bike afterwards.

I really don't mind riding if it's wet. If your tyres are good, and you've got decent gear on it's not a problem.

But I REALLY hate having a dirty bike, and it's driving me to distraction drying and cleaning it every day. I usually love to have some quality polishing and fettling time with the SV, but if it's just become a chore.

Oh for some global warming.

Bro totally agree sometimes i would cage it to work just because I dont want it getting dirty, not that it matters now lol

[fireball]

my only issue with the rain is putting wet weather gear on.... then taking it off.
PAIN IN THE ASS

i love the dirt but i would like at least a nice day of sunshine and no wind

[musicman]

Bikes getting dirty isn't as bad as getting dirty oneself! I wiped my wet visor with a tissue this morning after getting to work and the water that came off it was brown! Damn spray from cages in front!

[Steam]

Clean bike? Pah!
Dirt is the new black.
I rode my bike onto the Interisland Ferry yesterday and some other bikers there went "Woah dude, where have you come from? You got some mud action going there."
A dirty bike is instant street-cred.
Little did they know it was just from SH1 slips all the way Chch to Picton.

Hmmm...I think it's because I ride a little old mid-80's 250 that I feel the need for street-cred.
You blokes on your big bikes are more secure in your hardcore biker status I guess.

[Big Dave]

Yet another thing I like about my Buell is that it has no bright steel parts and is remarkably easy to keep tidy.

[Griffin]

Even worse when you dont bother checking the weather forecast (like me) and then spend the evening of a reasonably sunny day lovingly washing, drying and polishing your bike... to wake up the next morning and find its pouring down and a southerlies on the way...

[firefighter]

meh, I clean it once a week so it doesn't bother me how dirty it gets in-between, what pisses me off is the fact that it's raining, or even more so the constant gusts of wind in between the gale thats already blowing, well either way I don't have a choice anymore it's my only vehicle now, I don't mind a bit of shitty weather but this winter is starting to drag on. I suppose it's the best one wev'e had in years for it's "winteriness"

[zeocen]

If you ask me this winter has blown past, it's awesome.. I got stuck in the second crazy storm up west and loved it! I don't care if my bike gets dirty.. the dirtier it gets just means the prettier it looks when I do get around to cleaning it !

[DarkLord]

Agreed. It is definitely dragging on. I guess in some way we are paying for the summer we had. But it still sucks, it'd be nice to wake up and see blue skies rather than overcast skies about to piss down at any time.

I'm in the same boat as the bike is my only vehicle, so the sooner this winter gets over itself, the better.